Push, and People Push Back
When people feel their freedom is threatened, they push back to win it back, sometimes by doing the very thing they were pressed not to do. Psychologists call it reactance.
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A working modelThe research
- Brehm, J. W. (1966). A theory of psychological reactance. Academic Press.
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Push, and People Push Back
When people feel their freedom is threatened, they push back to win it back, sometimes by doing the very thing they were pressed not to do. Psychologists call it reactance.
Source: Psychological reactance · A working model
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